A couple years ago I had the privilege of interviewing Ann Voskamp about her then-newly released Advent book, The Greatest Gift. Ann was full of wisdom and truth, but one...
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This week the women's ministry at my church began a video series that accompanies Lysa TerKeurst's new book Unglued: Making Wise Choices in the Midst of Raw Emotions. I was...
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In 2008 I wrote a two-part blog post about the Christian dating practice of sleeping over but not having sex. The first was called "Sleeping Over: The Latest Trend in...
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Earlier this week I had a fascinating conversation with some friends about how much honesty is helpful in a dating or marriage relationship. For instance, how much should a dating...
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This weekend my church had a guest preacher named Dr. Dan Allender, a psychologist, who spoke on the topic of intimacy. He preached out of Genesis 1-3 and raised an...
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Last night Ike and I got to have dinner with one of our single guy friends, and over the course of the meal the conversation drifted to the topic of...
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One of my greatest joys in life is to hear from former students or young women that I have led in the past. After our paths diverge, I sometimes wonder...
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One of the common complaints about Christians today (often by other Christians) is that we're fake. As the indictment goes, no one is being "real." Words like "honest" and "authentic"...
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In my last post I explored the thinking behind women who would rather hang out with men than women. As the logic goes, women are too dramatic, emotional, boring, etc....
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This weekend marked 3 months since Ike and I got married. And an awesome 3 months it has been! We've had a ton of fun together, but we've also learned...
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